Meetings

In November, Commissioners had requested additional information outlining the indicative cost of implementing six recommendations of the Digital News and Information Taskforce which had yet to be progressed.

Commissioners considered the resource and financial implications of delivering the six recommendations and provided a steer on how it wished to prioritise those recommendations in terms of the development of our news and public information services.

This prioritisation included agreement that they would like to pilot use of an independent arms-length news wire service, support for social media analytics and scoping a CRM system, agreement to establishing a post to drive digital content and an indication that, at this stage, the scoping of development of a new multimedia visitor experience should be put on hold.

Non Gwilym presented the draft response to recommendations of the Digital News and Information Task Force, which had been prepared in consultation with Anna and James in order to ensure strategic fit. The response would be presented to Commissioners at their 6 November meeting to update them on the work to date, and for them to consider the resources and financial implications of delivering the recommendations and identify the highest priorities.

The Board noted that work was already underway in relation to most of the recommendations, and commented on changes to the paper to improve clarity on how much work had been achieved already and the resources required to fulfil the ambitions and their costs.

Paper to follow

A presentation had been given to Commissioners on 17 July to review the recommendations from the Digital Task Force. Further work was now being done to consider the cost and resources needed to implement individual recommendations. More detailed information on the practicalities and resource implications would be presented to Commissioners in the autumn to enable them to respond.

ACTION: Non Gwilym to circulate that work in due course for input.

Oral

Commissioners were presented with the recommendations of the Digital News and Information Task Force. They welcomed the report and discussed several aspects including the need to respond in greater detail to individual recommendations.

They discussed the potential for a changing dynamic in terms of interesting content, and the relationship between the Assembly as an institution and its political make-up.

Commissioners requested further work be done in order that they could return to the matters raised at a meeting in the Autumn term.

Oral item

Non Gwilym gave an outline of the report launched on 21 June by the Digital Task Force, which contained several recommendations about how the Assembly presented the large amount of information and content generated for our audiences.  The focus reflected the way that people now take their news and information in different ways and largely on digital platforms.

Non thanked all those who had contributed to the report. Together with her team, they were considering how information was packaged effectively to reflect the needs of the Assembly’s audiences and how to plan and implement the recommendations. A communications grid would be brought to the Management Board at all future meetings.

Oral item

Commissioners were updated with a brief summary of the Task Force’s role and work. They discussed some of the recommendations anticipated in the report to be published later this month, and agreed to consider their response at their 17 July meeting.

The Llywydd confirmed that the Task Force had begun their work, and that she had attended their first meeting.